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1990 Nov 20 - 1991 Nov 11
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3213
Prime Minister (Resignation of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 215
Any docs withheld? 2

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90 Nov 24 Sat Resignation: MT letter to President Gorbachev (parting thoughts) [“together we really did contribute to changing our world”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Thu Resignation: MT resignation statement (announces decision not to contest second ballot) [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Thu Resignation: Gorbachev letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“very warm message”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mon Resignation: MT letter to Chancellor Kohl (parting thoughts) [“staunch conservative governments”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mon Resignation: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Prime Minister’s Resignation: Italian media reactions”) [“a great leader brought down by her own intransigence”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mon Resignation: Charles Powell message to General Scowcroft (parting thoughts) [“sad commentary on standards of loyalty in politics”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 24 Sat Resignation: MT letter to President Mitterrand (parting thoughts) [“completion of Channel Tunnel will be an event of enormous significance”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 24 Sat Resignation: No.10 letter to Hurd PS (“Anglo-Soviet relations”) [“consternation in Moscow” at MT resignation] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fri Resignation: Director-General of the Security Service letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“changes and improvements in the Service owe an enormous amount to your interest”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fri Resignation: Chancellor Kohl letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“I will always cherish the trustful, friendly and open co-operation we have had over more than eight years”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fri Resignation: President de Klerk message to MT (parting thoughts) [acknowledgements from senior South African figures including Nelson Mandela] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fri Resignation: President Mitterrand message to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fri Resignation: President Havel message to MT (parting thoughts) [open invitation to visit] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fri Resignation: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ruud Lubbers) [“she would be leaving office with her record clear and undefeated”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fri Resignation: Prime Minister Andreotti letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 24 Sat Resignation: General Scowcroft message for MT (parting thoughts) [“devastated by the unexpected news”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Thu Resignation: No.10 minute (“Resignation action plan: 22 November 1990”) [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Thu Resignation: Prime Minister Mulroney letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Thu Resignation: MT letter to Emir of Kuwait (parting thoughts) [MT: “I shall certainly continue to make my views known”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Thu Resignation: MT letter to Secretary General Perez de Cuéllar (parting thoughts) [MT: “My admiration for your strength of purpose and commitment… knows no bounds”] [declassified 2016]